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they actually harry reid called george w. bush a loser while george w. bush had a difficult foreign trip. yeah, you know what? this happens in washington. and if you can't handle it, then sell bagels. i actually love bagels. we need more people selling bagels. at the end of the day though, alex, you know what people are concerned about whether you're talking about men or women, whether you're talking about straight voters of gay voters, pro-life voters or pro-choice voters, they're interested in the economy turning around. they're interested in being able to keep their job. they're interested if they're a single mom in getting a job. if you're a single mom and you're concerned about these social issues, you put them there. you look at the economic issues. and if you have to choose between the person that's going to agree with you on social issues or choose the person that you believe is going to get you back to work and allow you to put food on the table, allow you to pay for your kids' high school or college or whatever, you know what? you might just gr
they actually harry reid called george w. bush a loser while george w. bush had a difficult foreign trip. yeah, you know what? this happens in washington. and if you can't handle it, then sell bagels. i actually love bagels. we need more people selling bagels. at the end of the day though, alex, you know what people are concerned about whether you're talking about men or women, whether you're talking about straight voters of gay voters, pro-life voters or pro-choice voters, they're interested...
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ronald reagan didn't do it, george w. bush didn't do it, the combination of george w. bush republican in the white house and republicans in the house created huge explosions. >> wasn't that in all fairness because we had a couple of wars that we were fighting regardless whether you believe we should be in those wars, wasn't that where the majority of the money went? >> the huge tax cuts and the wars, but they also increased a lot of spending on a lot of other things, it wasn't just the wars, it was a sort of look at the principle at stake is. so i think the one silver lining in the mitt romney election is that the republicans will do a 180 on austerity and all of a sudden be very worried about contraction, about spending cuts, and they certainly are opposed to tax raises. and i think the economy is in such fragile state that we have to make sure that we continue to run deficits in the near term otherwise we're going to slip into deep recession. >> where's your wife? >> well, that's her shoulder. >> what are you doing there, pal? >> that was us at some ball. we like to
ronald reagan didn't do it, george w. bush didn't do it, the combination of george w. bush republican in the white house and republicans in the house created huge explosions. >> wasn't that in all fairness because we had a couple of wars that we were fighting regardless whether you believe we should be in those wars, wasn't that where the majority of the money went? >> the huge tax cuts and the wars, but they also increased a lot of spending on a lot of other things, it wasn't just...
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i think george w. bush was an exception. i don't think a democratic president would have sent us to war in iraq. generally speaking, the american foreign policy doesn't change a lot between democratic and republican administrations. for good reason. so i don't think there's a lot of hay to be made by governor romney in foreign policy. he needs to stick to the economy. he just can't seem to do that. we've got six weeks left. >> okay. howard dean, michael steele, guys, great to see you both. thank you so much. >>> in tad's office politics, my conversation with larry sabato. we talked about his predictions for who will take the house and senate this year and why virginia is the paris of politics. >>> first, i asked larry about the elect ral advantages for an incumbent president. >> historically, incumbents have won twice as often as they've lost if they've sought a second term. history alone suggests that there is an advantage to incumbency. then you look at the particulars and the specifics. first of all, while the economy cou
i think george w. bush was an exception. i don't think a democratic president would have sent us to war in iraq. generally speaking, the american foreign policy doesn't change a lot between democratic and republican administrations. for good reason. so i don't think there's a lot of hay to be made by governor romney in foreign policy. he needs to stick to the economy. he just can't seem to do that. we've got six weeks left. >> okay. howard dean, michael steele, guys, great to see you...
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george w. bush top down economics that are really about making people like mitt romney rich. and not empowering the middle class. he has framed it up that way and very effective and will do a great job delivering that message at the campaign. >> robert -- right. robert, how concerned are you that the president is going to hammer away on porn policy issues and specifics including afghanistan, iraq, troops, and after mitt romney didn't mention any of those during his rmc speech? i know he mentioned some countries and mentioned putin. that said in terms of topically speaking, what are your concerns on that? >> you know, what's interesting is, it is an interesting juxtaposition a democratic president will talk about the wars. he will take credit foernding the wars in iraq and afghanistan. that's a bit disingenuous. george w. bush said that he was going to draw down troops in iraq and also in afghanistan to a certain degree. so, you know, again, a lot of concern open to president obama's porn policy
george w. bush top down economics that are really about making people like mitt romney rich. and not empowering the middle class. he has framed it up that way and very effective and will do a great job delivering that message at the campaign. >> robert -- right. robert, how concerned are you that the president is going to hammer away on porn policy issues and specifics including afghanistan, iraq, troops, and after mitt romney didn't mention any of those during his rmc speech? i know he...
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w. >>> all-out sprint. three days to the election and both the president and mitt romney on a nonstop sweep of critical swing states. new this morning a fresh poll in two of those key states. we've got live coverage ahead. >>> our other big story of the morning, the aftermath of sandy. an outcry forces the new york marathon's cancellation. millions remain without power, while many are without access to food and water. we've got a live update in minutes. >>> plus the gas crisis. people still waiting in lines for hours, so how long will it last? and is this any solution in sight? good morning, everyone. welcome to "weekends with alex witt." and welcome here to the kickoff of msnbc's live coverage from demosthenes plaza. we'll be right here in rockefeller center in new york city from now until election day and through the results night on tuesday. we're going to have more on that in just a moment. but first here's what's happening right now. it is a sprint to the finish, a huge weekend for
w. >>> all-out sprint. three days to the election and both the president and mitt romney on a nonstop sweep of critical swing states. new this morning a fresh poll in two of those key states. we've got live coverage ahead. >>> our other big story of the morning, the aftermath of sandy. an outcry forces the new york marathon's cancellation. millions remain without power, while many are without access to food and water. we've got a live update in minutes. >>> plus the...
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you can't blame the former president. >> alex, quickly, democrats helped george w. bush. we voted for the war in iraq. we voted for ed i care part d. ted kennedy sponsored no child left behind. we didn't say, we want this president to fail so we're not going to cooperate. we tried to help him in his major initiatives. you republicans haven't done the same. you've tried to torpedo barack obama from day one. >> i like difference of opinion stress expressioned like this. i wish you guys could be models for capitol hill. >> ed rundell is smart and a great man. >> we're both penn guys. >> that's right. >>> well, the president paused from the campaign trail too deliver his weekly address. today he marked 11 years since the september 11th attacks and talked about u.s. security now. >> instead of pulling back from the world we've strengthened our alliances while improving our security here at home. as americans, we refuse to live in fear. today a new tower rises above the new york skyline, and our country is stronger, safer, and more respected in the world. >> on the heels of tha
you can't blame the former president. >> alex, quickly, democrats helped george w. bush. we voted for the war in iraq. we voted for ed i care part d. ted kennedy sponsored no child left behind. we didn't say, we want this president to fail so we're not going to cooperate. we tried to help him in his major initiatives. you republicans haven't done the same. you've tried to torpedo barack obama from day one. >> i like difference of opinion stress expressioned like this. i wish you...
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joining me, republican strategist matt shah lap who worked for president george w. bush and from los angeles, karen bass of california. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> good to be here. >>> i will reach out to ladies first. congressman we'll start with you. between now and november, do you think this is going to fade away or will it linger? >> i think it's going to linger for a while. i believe that it is. the republicans need an issue to attach on to. i think there will be more to come. it's a wedge issue, a standard wedge issue. next we'll hear about immigration, i'm sure. >> how about you matt, do you think it will take a play in the presidential race as a wedge issue? >> yes. president obama in 2008 got a majority of the catholic vote and i think he tries to reach out to the type of catholic voices that were in that coalition. he's made a big mistake as somebody who worked in the white mouse, it's easy to get insular. this is a case where they weren't talking to the type of catholic voices that could have told him don't disrespect the church in s
joining me, republican strategist matt shah lap who worked for president george w. bush and from los angeles, karen bass of california. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> good to be here. >>> i will reach out to ladies first. congressman we'll start with you. between now and november, do you think this is going to fade away or will it linger? >> i think it's going to linger for a while. i believe that it is. the republicans need an issue to attach on to....
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then look at the republican convention where no one dared to mention george w. bush's name. is this just politics? >> it's an indication of our recent national history. in the 1990s we created 22 million new jobs under president clinton's presidency. in the first decade of the 21st century, job growth on average was slower than it is now. that was before the collapse. i know most people find that hard to believe. but what happened is the last time we tried this idea, that mitt romney is proposing of slashing regulation and slashing taxes in 2001, it did not create jobs. so this is why you see clinton being embraced. not just because he's a great speaker. and bush being shunned. it's because we have slam dunk historical evidence of whose leadership was better for the economy. >> let's look at the gallup polls that were just released. you see the new numbers there. it's increased now to five percentage points, 49 to 44 for the president. a clear bounce for president obama. how concerned is the romney camp about this? >> publicly, not very concerned. certainly privately, they a
then look at the republican convention where no one dared to mention george w. bush's name. is this just politics? >> it's an indication of our recent national history. in the 1990s we created 22 million new jobs under president clinton's presidency. in the first decade of the 21st century, job growth on average was slower than it is now. that was before the collapse. i know most people find that hard to believe. but what happened is the last time we tried this idea, that mitt romney is...
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w. want to let you know, there wasn't any particular swaying in downtown. i actually called my parents who live not too far. they did not feel it. we have some reports of some slight damage in the san bernardino area. that's san bernardino county, which would encompass the rancho kukamanga area. >>> u.s. counterterror officials say that al zar -- mike viqueira is with us. >> reporter: core al qaeda no longer exists in its previous state, this after all the drone attacks and after all the operations not the least of which was the raid one year ago next wednesday on that compound outside the pakistani capital that ended up with the killing of osama bin laden. the code words came over, leon panetta, defense secretary, was describing being in the situation room that night when these navy s.e.a.l.s radioed back, killed in action. basically over the course of th of officials of the government both on the record and on background saying that al qaeda s is zeroly diminished. you mentioned ayman
w. want to let you know, there wasn't any particular swaying in downtown. i actually called my parents who live not too far. they did not feel it. we have some reports of some slight damage in the san bernardino area. that's san bernardino county, which would encompass the rancho kukamanga area. >>> u.s. counterterror officials say that al zar -- mike viqueira is with us. >> reporter: core al qaeda no longer exists in its previous state, this after all the drone attacks and after...
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. >> i'm most interested in this picture you have with president george w. bush. >> he actually opened a speech and said i was in the audience. and he and i don't agree on anything, but we both agree children should be able to read and write. >> the game change set, director's chair set up for us and on the back, the "game change" logo and on this side we have the john heilman thing. >> i collect art and warhol is probably my favorite artist. these are all warhol drawings of very kind of advertising or commercialized -- >> so visionary. >> you have some music legends there. you have michael jackson. janet. >> this is '79. i would go out on the road sometimes and meet james brown. he was like my father. that's me at 7 years old. a born preacher. i'm still a wanderer. i'm not a boy anymore. >> i imagine you and your husband have pretty interesting conversations. you both have achieved such high plateaus in your respective careers. i've often said to people, you should know, i would love to be a fly on the wall at their dinner table, just listening. >> like who
. >> i'm most interested in this picture you have with president george w. bush. >> he actually opened a speech and said i was in the audience. and he and i don't agree on anything, but we both agree children should be able to read and write. >> the game change set, director's chair set up for us and on the back, the "game change" logo and on this side we have the john heilman thing. >> i collect art and warhol is probably my favorite artist. these are all...
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many democrats felt the same way about george w. bush, but this is poisonous. >> if you look at the gop field, dan, and the campaign in general, is it unprecedented? >> a number of the debates this year and i'll give you an oklahoma guarantee that in 2016 neither party is going have this many debates this early in the campaign and what's happened to the republicans in the debate time when they started their debates they were, if not remarkable, very good shape and primarily because of the economy. as a result of the debates taking all of the candidates and taking the party away. now what you see is independents. they're coming back saying, well, i don't know. i just can't get down what these republican candidates are saying, this long denomination process may help them. it's their candidate whomever that may be. once they coalesce behind the candidate, all of these debates and all of these campaigns will have better -- and the republican nomination is not yet decided. >> romney and arizona. he doesn't have a lock on it. i don't thin
many democrats felt the same way about george w. bush, but this is poisonous. >> if you look at the gop field, dan, and the campaign in general, is it unprecedented? >> a number of the debates this year and i'll give you an oklahoma guarantee that in 2016 neither party is going have this many debates this early in the campaign and what's happened to the republicans in the debate time when they started their debates they were, if not remarkable, very good shape and primarily because...
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and this time around, we're looking at something that happened much more akin to 2004 when george w. bush was running for a second term. >> in the beginning of your book "jockeying for the american presidency," you included a quote from president woodrow wilson who said a man engaged in party contests must be an opportunist. let us give up saying that word if it contained a slur. you want to lure the majority to your side. i never heard of a man in his senses who was fishing or a minority. was wilson talking about anyone this time around, mitt romney or otherwise? >> well, the reality is and what my book actually shows is all of those who eventually go on to win the presidency are for the most part opportunists. what i mean by that is there are people who are able to perceive the opportunities within the political system and exploit them to their advantage. and i used that quote from wilson because i do think that we have such a pejorative understanding of that term when really all it means is that you're taking advantage of sort of the opportunity that is present itself. if one walk
and this time around, we're looking at something that happened much more akin to 2004 when george w. bush was running for a second term. >> in the beginning of your book "jockeying for the american presidency," you included a quote from president woodrow wilson who said a man engaged in party contests must be an opportunist. let us give up saying that word if it contained a slur. you want to lure the majority to your side. i never heard of a man in his senses who was fishing or...
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. >> i'm most interested in this picture you have with president george w. bush. >> president bush, who i marched on and picketed around, had invited me to hear his last policy speech which was going to be on education. >> were you surprised by that? >> i was very surprised. >> i bet. >> he hasn't invited me for black history month. he opened the speech and said i was in the audience and he and i don't agree on anything but we both agree children should be able to read and write. i put it up next to the picture of president obama and i. people understand that i'm reasonable to talk to anyone even if i adamantly disagree with them. like you, alex, when people walk in, they are shocked and i said no, all of this about oh, yes, access to president obama, i had access to president bush. i just didn't agree with him on anything. i have it there to also correct people on it, i'm not inflectionible. i'm just one that believes what i believe. and i'm willing to meet anybody halfway. >> can i ask you a b a picture have you here. music legends here. you have michael j
. >> i'm most interested in this picture you have with president george w. bush. >> president bush, who i marched on and picketed around, had invited me to hear his last policy speech which was going to be on education. >> were you surprised by that? >> i was very surprised. >> i bet. >> he hasn't invited me for black history month. he opened the speech and said i was in the audience and he and i don't agree on anything but we both agree children should be...
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whereas previously this was an argument against george w. bush, if you notice, this is an argument against congress. the president is running against congress, saying they are the hand maidens of wall street, the rich big corporations who want to go back to doing what they did before. he's essentially reduced mitt romney to sort of a nonentity, a rubber stamp for this congress that he's saying, they're the reason we haven't created more jobs, they're the reason things aren't better than they and they want to go back to hurting the middle lass. >> the first couple, having michelle obama join president obama at the rallies this weekend. here's what some of what michelle obama said in ohio. >> if we want to keep on moving forward, then we need to work our hearts out for the man that i have the pleasure of introducing here today. are you ready? it is my privilege to introduce my husband, and our president, president barack obama. >> so with all that energy, how much concern is there in the romney camp that they're not going to be able to match t
whereas previously this was an argument against george w. bush, if you notice, this is an argument against congress. the president is running against congress, saying they are the hand maidens of wall street, the rich big corporations who want to go back to doing what they did before. he's essentially reduced mitt romney to sort of a nonentity, a rubber stamp for this congress that he's saying, they're the reason we haven't created more jobs, they're the reason things aren't better than they...
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remember, this is something george w. bush did in a similar circumstance during his war on terror when he was the president. and to say that there is nothing that radical islamists can do to get barack obama's attention, i think osama bin laden got barack obama's attention and that's something you'll hear about from the white house during the campaign. >> we have rick santorum commenting ability the need to revive the manufacturing sector. let's listen. >> president obama said he wants everyone in america to go to college. what a snob. he wants to remake you in his image. i want to create jobs so people can remake their children into their image, not his. >> what's your reaction to that, perry? >> two problems with the comment. the first one is, the president's budget, if you look at it, is full of money for americans to do more, get into more trade jobs, electricians. he doesn't require a college degree. sanitorium is factually wrong. the president is four people finding jobs and doesn't require a four-year degree. the s
remember, this is something george w. bush did in a similar circumstance during his war on terror when he was the president. and to say that there is nothing that radical islamists can do to get barack obama's attention, i think osama bin laden got barack obama's attention and that's something you'll hear about from the white house during the campaign. >> we have rick santorum commenting ability the need to revive the manufacturing sector. let's listen. >> president obama said he...
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i will say this about the -- george w. bush presidency. in shifting the focus from afghanistan, shifting the focus from we are going to get osama bin laden, we are going to do away with the taliban, shifting from afghanistan to iraq, precisely the wrong moment, strategic mistake, historic consequence. >> do you get nervous when you are going to interview a president? >> yes. any time -- you know, as you get more experience, less nervous. if i don't get a little bit nervous before a big interview, covering something like election night or 9/11, then i know it is time to hang them up. >> you talk about that texas thing. and -- you are so texan. that just emanates from you. how texan are you? >> i have never apologized for being texan. i'm proud of it. texas-born and texas-bred. when i die i will be texas dead. >> you can watch dan rather reports on hd net. in a moment the rush limbaugh apology. is the uproar over? we are going to talk about that ahead in today's big three. [ woman speaking indistinctly over radio ] home protector plus from l
i will say this about the -- george w. bush presidency. in shifting the focus from afghanistan, shifting the focus from we are going to get osama bin laden, we are going to do away with the taliban, shifting from afghanistan to iraq, precisely the wrong moment, strategic mistake, historic consequence. >> do you get nervous when you are going to interview a president? >> yes. any time -- you know, as you get more experience, less nervous. if i don't get a little bit nervous before a...
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remember back when george w. bush in 2000, he and his team were sure they could carry p. a pennsylvania and he lost to al gore in pennsylvania. >> i remember that. that was chad. everybody was going, what? your home state in virginia. the closest to the president is mitt romney who is behind four points in that one. president obama winning virginia by six points in 2008. how well do the new numbers bode for the president? they bode as well as long as the economy continues improving. that is the factor that caused obama's bump up in virginia. he was tied or behind romney for a good bit of 2011, or at least tied. so this is the economy, good economy acting on the electorate. the other big change in virginia that gives the president surprisingly a better chance in virginia than in states like ohio and florida is the enormous growth of minorities in virginia, particularly in northern virginia, particularly college educated, graduate educated. we have gone from about 20% of the statewide vote being all minorities, african-americans, asian americans and hispanic americans at th
remember back when george w. bush in 2000, he and his team were sure they could carry p. a pennsylvania and he lost to al gore in pennsylvania. >> i remember that. that was chad. everybody was going, what? your home state in virginia. the closest to the president is mitt romney who is behind four points in that one. president obama winning virginia by six points in 2008. how well do the new numbers bode for the president? they bode as well as long as the economy continues improving. that...
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you remember so many people were talking about george w. bush and that was a very electable factor to him. people liked him and wanted to have a beer or dinner with him. >> remember, hillary clinton took that shot of whiskey in new hampshire to deal with that. i think these things oftentimes come down to personality. people gravitate towards folks that they feel close to, but i also think that in this particular election, it's going ton a referendum on barack obama and whether he fulfilled the promises and whether he met the standards that barack obama made for himself and i think that our base and i think independents, if you look at polls, not just republicans, but people in the middle, they are concerned about whether or not this president is driving this country into the ditch and whether we need to make sure that we fire him in order to save america. i really think it's a fundamental question about what kind of country we want to be as americans. and i think some of the traditional issues like that, i think get put on hold when we are
you remember so many people were talking about george w. bush and that was a very electable factor to him. people liked him and wanted to have a beer or dinner with him. >> remember, hillary clinton took that shot of whiskey in new hampshire to deal with that. i think these things oftentimes come down to personality. people gravitate towards folks that they feel close to, but i also think that in this particular election, it's going ton a referendum on barack obama and whether he...